I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone.

Even in my music, I am always searching for big, universal things - ways that you can sort of reach outside the norm of what you are doing.

It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere.

I gotta go home and feed my eels. They're not electric, but I have a plan.

I think it's actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of it has been seen. When you are in big funny movies and they do well and your little part in it kind of explodes people perceive you as a comedian.

I have experienced loss in my life, but the thing that brings you back is your faith.

I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script.